Chapter 102: Mercenaries
The Longwei battalion can be rebuilt quickly, but also from Li Yong's original team, otherwise he wouldn't dare to take this job, that wouldn't tire him to death, the training of the Longwei battalion has been on the right track, and the recruits have begun to look like it, although it is not as strong as the black army, but the miniature version of the black army, it can be said that in the case of the same strength, in addition to the black army, the strength of the Longwei battalion has been far away from other armies a few streets, and all the recruits have been washed off the original breath and become real soldiers of the Longwei battalion. Cheng Zhihei can no longer find the appearance of the original son, even the weakest Du He has the fortitude of a soldier on his face, Li Yong also increased the conditions for sending mercenaries to Tuyuhun to Fu Yun, the peace messenger in charge of Tuyuhun came to Fu Yun's tooth tent with ten black soldiers, at this time Fu Yun has long not had the appearance of the king of a country, Lu Dongzan's Tubo army beat him too badly, if it were not for the weapons and equipment provided by the Tang Dynasty for a fee, he is afraid that he is now the king of the dead country, for these peace messengers, Fu Yun is both loving and afraid, They brought him hope, but they kept plundering his money like a vampire, but now he still needs them, Fu Yun as always warmly entertained this messenger of peace, when he saw the ten guards in red armor, he was also surprised, because these ten people are extremely strong, from them can feel a strong murderous aura, in fact, these ten black soldiers in order to hide their identities, so the black armor is dyed red with dye, because what the black army did back then, Fu Yun is very clear, So Li Yong asked the black army to change, in addition to changing the color with dyes on the armor, the black army now doesn't use cold weapons, they all change to long and short muskets and wear grenades, Fu Yun said very politely to the peace messenger.
"Envoy, I don't know what this time is?"
The peace messenger was very satisfied with Fu Yun's respectful attitude and said with a smile.
"Lord, I came this time, because my master wants to negotiate a business with you, as for whether you need it or not, it's up to you."
Fu Yunhe was curious, but he was very scared, because these people were too powerful, not only monopolizing all the commodities in his country, but wantonly plundering all the resources of his country, but now he didn't have time to care about this, because Tubo was too tight.
"May I ask what kind of business the envoy is talking about?"
The peacemaker pointed to the ten fierce black soldiers behind him.
"It's them, my master said, now the Tubo people are too presumptuous, and they have ruined his business with the lord of the country, so I want to provide you with some mercenaries, these mercenaries are not inferior to the Tang army, and even the black army, I don't know the ...... of the lord of the country"
Fu Yun was shocked when he heard it, these people were even more powerful than the Tang Army, and even on the same level as the black army that was raging back then, he didn't dare to believe it, because he knew the strength of the black army back then, and thousands of people chased and killed his more than 100,000 troops like sheep, and the messenger of peace knew that there was no basis for his words, so he said to Fu Yun.
"Lord of the country, please take a look outside with me to find out if they have this strength."
Fu Yunhe wanted to know if these ten people were really like what he said to the peace messenger, if it was, it would really be a big help for him, the two of them took them outside the tent, the ten black army soldiers asked people to find some wooden planks, and placed them in the distance, Fu Yun didn't know what they were going to do, but the peace messenger had a very indifferent look, and when everything was ready, the ten black soldiers took down the muskets behind their backs, which was also what Fu Yun was curious about, he had always dared not to ask before, and he didn't understand that they were not wearing weapons, What is the use of carrying only an iron rod on his back, and soon the ten black soldiers gave him the answer, they skillfully took out the paper cartridge case from the satchel and loaded it into the barrel, and then used the whole strip to tighten it, and then divided into three rows to fire at the wooden board of about sixty paces, the sound of the musket frightened Fu Yun and his personal guards, and the tribal leaders were also frightened, and the ten black soldiers skillfully used these three rounds to shoot in turn, and only stopped shooting after about twenty rounds, and then each lit a moment grenade, The loud bang scared everyone to the ground, and some of the timid ones peed their pants directly, and the black soldiers who finished the performance cleaned up the chambers and then stood back neatly behind the peace messenger, at this time Fu Yun's already frightened mouth was trembling and couldn't say a word, because he felt that the power just now did not belong to the world, but only to heaven, and the peace messenger turned back and smiled at those black soldiers.
"Lord, don't be afraid, this is just a part of the master's power, I don't know how you feel about these soldiers?"
Fu Yun was helped up by his own soldiers, and he looked at the peacemaker and the ten red-armored soldiers behind him swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said tremblingly.
"Envoy, these are divine soldiers, I believe that no one in the world is invincible."
"Then since you have entered the eyes of the lord of the country, why don't we go inside and talk about it in detail?"
"The envoy is invited quickly, and all the divine soldiers are invited."
Seeing Fu Yun's grandson, the peace messenger and those black soldiers felt funny, Fu Yun didn't dare to sit on the chair with a full ass, only dared to sit on half an ass, he faced the peace messenger and the ten black army like a subordinate facing the leader, Fu Yun ordered to go down and roast ten more sheep, and bring out the treasured wine, and then dozens of beauties in the tribe were arranged to the peace messenger and the black army, except for the peace messenger who accepted all the beauties, the ten black soldiers all wanted one, even if it was wine, they didn't drink a drop, Fu Yun thought that these divine soldiers were not satisfied and were afraid, but fortunately, the peace messenger explained to him that this was their rule, which made him feel more at ease, but it also made Fu Yun see that these divine soldiers were disciplined, no worse than the black army back then, or even more powerful.
"Are the envoys and the divine soldiers satisfied?"
The messenger of peace said as he drank the wine fed to him by the beauties of the tribe.
"Very satisfied, thank you to the lord, it's not too early, why don't we talk about the master's business?"
"Okay, you say."
"You have also seen the master's divine soldiers, they can not only come to help you fight, but also command your army to help you resist the Tibetans."
Fu Yun was excited, but he knew how these vampires could provide him with these at such a cheap price, and he asked cautiously.
"Then I don't know what price I'm going to pay?"
The peace messenger saw that Fu Yun was very good, so he said directly.
"The old rules, of course, pay the corresponding money to hire, mercenary mercenaries, as the name suggests, you spend money to hire them, you are our old customers again, this time the master has two options for you, one is more expensive, that is, you see these divine soldiers, the cost of one person a day is ten times, you also have to provide the best quality accommodation and food here, ten people are hired, the other is cheaper, although there is no such strength as the gods, but the combat effectiveness is not worse than the Tang army, the price is one person a day five times, Shelter and food are the same, a hundred people are hired, these people not only have strong combat effectiveness, rich combat experience, are one enemy ten soldiers, of course, these mercenaries are just hired, not under your command, how to fight they are free to choose, you must not interfere, but please rest assured, they are very qualified, will not cause you trouble, if one of them is killed, the pension is sky-high, you better not ask, because you can't afford to pay. ”
After listening to Fu Yun, this is hiring people to fight, that is, inviting a group of ancestors to come back, but these mercenaries are too tempting, although he has never seen another one, but he believes that the peace messenger will not lie to him, but this price is too scary, and the conditions are very harsh, so he is very embarrassed, but with the help of these people, it should not be a problem to repel Tubo, and it is even possible to regain the lost territory, he gritted his teeth and said.
"Then I want to hire a hundred divine soldiers and three hundred of that soldier, I don't know if it's okay?"
"Of course, we have a three-month deadline here, in order to let customers choose freely, that is to say, three months, whether you are satisfied or not, the money received will not be refunded, if you are satisfied, then you can renew the contract with me one month in advance, and we will arrange it."
The two hit it off and spent a good night in the tent, and three days later the messenger of peace and ten black soldiers left Fu Yun's tent with boxes of gold, silver, jewelry, and a large herd of cattle and sheep, and they agreed that in three months, the mercenaries would return to him. As for the mercenary matter, Li Yong naturally won't let such a good advantage not take advantage of himself, he first found Xue Rengui and asked him to start a new round of conscription, expanding the black army to 7,000 people, this is the maximum number of troops they can raise now calculated by him and Zheng Liwan Wu Cao, and it is in this way of hiring to fight and raise the war, which can not only maintain the combat ability of the black army, but also solve the problem of military salaries, because the army can't always be idle and have nothing to do, and the army will have problems if it doesn't fight for a long time. So those peace messengers each took ten black soldiers to various countries, showing off their muscles to those lords, selling these black soldiers and the soldiers of the Longwei battalion. Now the recruit training mode of the Black Army is also the same as the Longwei Battalion, after three months of training, they will go to the designated country to become a mercenary in the way of the old and the new, so that the new recruits can see the world, and there will be no danger under the leadership of the veterans, and the veterans can continue to maintain their combat effectiveness. At the end of the three months, they will rotate to other teams, and the outside teams will come back to rest and recuperate, so as to continuously transfer more soldiers to learn combat experience, which is really a good thing to kill multiple birds with one stone. As for the secret participation of the black army, it is naturally impossible for Li Er and the imperial court to know, but Li Yong also proposed with Li Jing that they are not allowed to take the expenses earned during the employment of the soldiers of the Longwei battalion, and the people who Li Yong asked for must not let their soldiers go out to fight secretly with the consent of Li Jing and Li Er, and they still have to take other people's lives in exchange for compensation, right? They can't do such a thing, so even if the Datang mercenaries are officially established, the place where these mercenaries are trained is the famous Longwei Battalion.